The invention relates to a lining crack identification method based on automatic image search, which mainly solves the technical problem that the existing identification method is influenced by factors such as finer cracks, more background interferences, poor crack continuity and the like, and comprises the following steps: S1, selecting an image containing cracks, and preprocessing the image; S2,selecting a starting point and an end point of the crack, and calculating an angle between the two points; S3, selecting a small area image by taking the starting point as a central coordinate, and performing scaling at different scales; S4, calculating CTA values of the images under different scales, and obtaining crack regions in the original small images by utilizing inter-scale association; S5, carrying out skeleton extraction on the crack area, obtaining a next image search center position, and searching towards a crack end point position; and S6, connecting the crack skeletons searchedfor multiple times to obtain complete crack coordinate information. According to the invention, the crack position information can be accurately and quickly acquired.